Buenos Aires vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$668
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$1648
🏠 One person rent	$496	$243
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	39
😀 Quality of life	78	61
🏙️ Population	3.12M	236K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 70% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 4856th and 7301st ($1139 vs $668) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Argentina and Botswana, respectively. Check Argentina vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Gaborone. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 1059th and 5842nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Gaborone

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	Buenos Aires	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$9.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$28.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$137
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$249
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	9.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$1000
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$994
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$4.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$4.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$5.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$6.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$43.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$3401

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587